Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Highlights of the 2016 Ironman African Champs in PE: This Sunday its time for the 2017 Ironman African Championship here in Port Elizabeth. The excitement is building up and the vibe is especially evident on the beachfront. To get you in the spirit of the event, here is the highlights package from last year's event. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily … [Read more...] about Highlights of the 2016 Ironman African Champs in PE – Featured Blog
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Natasha & Murray – Kei Mouth – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Natasha & Murray – Kei Mouth: Five years ago we captured Nicole and Warren’s beautiful wedding and this weekend we retraced those steps to capture Nicole’s brother’s wedding to his beautiful bride Natasha. It really was a honor and we felt at home between familiar faces. It was bitter sweet as this will be our second last East London wedding. Source: FullCircle Photography | Port Elizabeth and Garden Route … [Read more...] about Natasha & Murray – Kei Mouth – Featured Blog
Ironman is coming – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Ironman is coming: Preparations for this weekend's Ironman African Championship along with the related events, Ironkids and the Corporate Challenge, taking place on Saturday is in full swing on the beachfront. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Beachfront Mussels: I took a break on the beachfront yesterday at low tide and walked out on the little wall between Deville and Humewood Beach. Out at the end there are … [Read more...] about Ironman is coming – Featured Blog
Going digital at the Owl House – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Going digital at the Owl House: The last time I was at the Owl House in Nieu-Bethesda I got a nice picture of a gent standing in contemplation between the cement figures. On this visit to the village I was at the Owl House with two friends and colleagues and I really thought there would be a good chance to catch one of them in deep contemplation at some stage. Curse the digital age... Bwhahahahahaha.... The best I got … [Read more...] about Going digital at the Owl House – Featured Blog
In Conversation with a Game Ranger in the Bay, Nicola Schwim – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: In Conversation with a Game Ranger in the Bay, Nicola Schwim: With the big seven in close proximity to the city it is no wonder that Nelson Mandela Bay can be a bit on the wild side. Nicola Schwim, a game ranger in the Bay, knows all too well about walking on the wild side. She qualified as a game ranger in 1999 and after spending a few years in different wilderness areas in South Africa, she arrived in the … [Read more...] about In Conversation with a Game Ranger in the Bay, Nicola Schwim – Featured Blog
A silver morning – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: A silver morning: This morning on the way to work I just had to stop below Brookes Hill and enjoy the sight of the silver ocean sparkling all the way to the horizon Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about A silver morning – Featured Blog
Tragedy – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Tragedy: Ill 10 years 6 months / (c) 2017 Edward C Lunnon / Deuce Just a few weeks ago, Phillip Weyer-Henderson gave me a lift home from the Old Grey Club in his Audi R8. A few of us (from the Class of 1984 – my first class at Grey) had lunch together at the Club. It was the last time that I saw Phillip alive. This morning I was informed that he had been killed, together with two other Old Greys, in a car accident. Just a few … [Read more...] about Tragedy – Featured Blog
Tidal pool overflow – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Tidal pool overflow: Everybody loves a waterfall. Imagine my surprise when I spotted this unusual waterfall at Willows Resort on Saturday afternoon. It's the overflow out of the tidal pool at high(ish) tide. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday … [Read more...] about Tidal pool overflow – Featured Blog
Why have you never visited Nieu-Bethesda? – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Why have you never visited Nieu-Bethesda?: It feels like most people I speak to about travelling in the Karoo Heartland of the Eastern Cape have been to Graaff-Reinet, yet many didn't venture much further to also visit Nieu-Bethesda. Nieu-Bethesda truly is a very special village located barely 30 minutes from Graaff-Reinet and have a truly off the beaten track feeling to it. I say off the beaten track because that is … [Read more...] about Why have you never visited Nieu-Bethesda? – Featured Blog
Willows view – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Willows view: Miggie was invited to a party at Willows this afternoon and when we went to pick her up I took a walk up to the corner next to the top of their water worm. A beautiful on a stunning Saturday afternoon. Actually very sorry that we're not camping there this weekend because the weather was perfect. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily … [Read more...] about Willows view – Featured Blog
Orcas off Port Elizabeth with Expert Tours – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Orcas off Port Elizabeth with Expert Tours: Usually this time of the year the sardines start to gather off the Port Elizabeth coastline before they start their run up the east coast. It gives divers and film crews the ideal opportunity to observe the bait balls along with all the dolphin, whale, shark and bird activity that accompanies it. Expert Tours based here in Port Elizabeth does a number of tours out to see this … [Read more...] about Orcas off Port Elizabeth with Expert Tours – Featured Blog
Special gifts from special hearts. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Special gifts from special hearts.: Two little girls from England tiptoed along our deck and into our hearts during their week long stay with us recently. As they were leaving, the girls presented us with these precious “thank you” cards and a surprise box of chocolates! We were deeply touched. (How did they know that a chocoholic lives here?) Thank you Isla and Amelie for your special gifts, please visit again soon. Pretty … [Read more...] about Special gifts from special hearts. – Featured Blog
Something for everyone at the People’s Port Festival – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Something for everyone at the People’s Port Festival: This weekend, 25 and 26 March, Nelson Mandela Bay’s port will be abuzz with visitors, action, activities and South African celebrities during the one of a kind and unique People’s Port Festival rolling out on the shores of the Bay! Entrance to the festival is completely FREE - everyone is invited - and because Transnet understands the concept of different … [Read more...] about Something for everyone at the People’s Port Festival – Featured Blog
Seaview coastline – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Seaview coastline: A hazy late afternoon on the coast at Seaview with an approaching thunderstorm Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Car wash waiting room: With the drought and accompanying water restrictions I have refrained from washing my car in my support for saving water. Unfortunately it got to the point where my car started becoming an embarrassment so I popped by Soapy Joe car wash in Circular Drive. While … [Read more...] about Seaview coastline – Featured Blog
Escape the heat and cool off in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Escape the heat and cool off in the Bay: The summer’s sun is holding on for dear life to Nelson Mandela Bay; temperatures are still on the rise and autumn is not moving any closer.We have no choice but to keep ourselves cool and collected; but what do we do, where do we go in the Bay to not melt into a puddle of summer next to road? Here are 10 ideas of things to do to escape the heat and cool off in Nelson … [Read more...] about Escape the heat and cool off in the Bay – Featured Blog
